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There isn’t much left that’s already known I’m interested in. I’m no grifter; I knew Starfield was ***** the moment I saw it, and I would happily pay money to be able to hide it from appearing in the PS store whenever it inevitably does. Gears does nothing for me, and it’s too early for ES6. I’m hoping some lesser known stuff gets ported—how cool would having the Sunset Overdrive or Quantum Break platinums be?

Any word on possible new trophies yet? Stellar Blade was a phenomenal game, easily my Action GotY when it launched, but as an avid trophy hunter completionist there is nothing worse than retreading old ground. I already have my 100%+Platinum, and I would dearly love to never be forced to return to this. I have far too much else to work on. It would be nice if this dlc had no new trophies.

I like AnnaPurna, they’re sort of like the gaming equivalent of A24 when it comes to the types of things they publish. This has earmarks of being something special, as long as they veer clear of the woke pitfalls that stupid volcano dinosaur school game took, the one by KO_OP. Keep this normal and relatable and it should do well.

No online, server dependent trophies? No tedious collect-a-thon trophies? No forced multiple playthroughs on ever increasing difficulties? No glitched or broken trophies? This is just about the perfect trophy list.

We need some ironic punishment for the people in this industry who think making collector’s editions of games but without including the actual physical game is ok. I’m thinking of something along the lines of ‘You got the job, but no salary. You should have picked the job+salary option on your application’ 😆

Did no one playtest this before the shadow drop? Many of these bugs, crashes and game breaking glitches have been well documented for literal DECADES. It’s the same broken mess that released on 360.

For the discerning gamer who prefers to own rather than flush money away leasing digital code, FF Tactics is up on the North American SquareEnix store. There’s an über expensive collectors edition with game, the same collectors edition…but without the game for slightly cheaper (wtf), and the standard version on disc for $49.99.

Visually stunning, but Witcher 3 has some glaring issues I hope this new entry irons out. For the love of god, give the main character a decent walk/run cycle. No more ‘popsicle stick up the backside’ jogging please. Secondly, I pray there’s a better (read: more varied) combat animation. That same old ‘chop, chop, jumping chop’ canned animation from Witcher3 got stale within the first 10mins I played it. Aside from that, Witcher3 laid all the important fundamentals in place for what should prove to be an astonishing sequel 🤞

This was a tough poll. Doom doesn’t deserve it for screwing over the elite, intelligent gamer who prefers to buy-to-own, as they withheld the full game and only felt obliged to dole out a paltry few MB’s on the disc.

Normally any FromSoft game would practically guarantee my poll vote, but NightReign is literally everything I DON’T want in a From game. I’m here for the single player narrative and exploration, not a randomized multiplayer focused Fortnite roguelite mashup.

In the end I voted for F1. I’m not huge into racing games, but it’s high quality for what it is and they did a superb job with the PS5 Pro implementation.

Is this what it takes to get a physical copy of a game these days? I might have to become a dev just so I can be guaranteed a physical disc at launch 😒

This makes little sense. There would need to be an arch-rival type company who would stand to profit off the game’s failure in order for a ‘paid smear campaign’ to be the least bit logical. As far as I can tell, the closest game of similar type would be GTA…which doesn’t need to kneecap anyone or anything in order to immediately profit.

This is more like a deranged homeless person screaming the government is out to get them, when in reality the government doesn’t even know or care that the bum exists.

I’ve been deliberately avoiding as much Expedition 33 info as I can to avoid spoilers. It’s on my list but I have too much to play atm. The game director’s statement here gives me reason for concern though; I played P5 and liked the core game, but the UI design is atrocious. It’s a bunch of crap splattered on the screen every which way, a garish, hideous, ugly aesthetic design. My fear is, Is Expedition 33’s ui as bad? I prefer clean, concise and highly legible menus to a splatterfest of slop sprayed across the screen. I’m hoping there’s a mod for pc at least by the time I get to it, if this is indeed the case.

Fantastic news; these guys are adept at cleaning up the pathetic failures of selfish, greedy, anti-consumer publishers that prefer to screw over the competent hardcore gamer by refusing to do their jobs and mint discs. Point these guys in the direction of Indy, DoomDA and Oblivion Remastered next.

I am extremely happy they shut it down. The way platform holders mismanage things like the trophy/achievement systems and these reward programs causes issues for those who prefer a completionist mindset.

I avoided the PS stars program like the plague primarily due to the forced fomo in the limited time collectible campaigns (miss it now and it’s gone forever!), and because playing a game to complete said campaign cannot be separated from the trophy unlock process. There was no way on earth I was going to play a game I otherwise would never have started just to earn a collectible, knowing full well I would not be able to delete that game and its partially completed trophy list from my account. That’s Permanently Delete, not merely ‘hide’. These are options the end user should have at their discretion.

In light of bad, lazy developers who push out games with glitched trophy lists impossible to 100%, server shutdowns rendering platinums unobtainable, low effort tacked on extraneous modes released months/years after launch which utterly deviate from the main game’s core design philosophy (i.e. roguelite, multiplayer or wave survival modes in ostensibly single player experiences) and the general lack of any intervention on Sony’s part as to what is acceptable in trophy criteria and what is not, we really should have the right to PERMANENTLY REMOVE games with partially completed trophy percentages from our accounts.

Any word on new trophies? As an avid trophy hunter who’s already claimed his 100%+Platinum there’s nothing worse than being forced to retread old ground, no matter how phenomenally great the game was/is. I’d very much like to be done with it.

Hopefully with all the industry layoffs happening, whoever made the call and decided against a physical release for Oblivion Remastered will be fired and someone who knows and respects what the hardcore audience wants will take their place.

PS Stars was a neat idea that was incredibly poorly executed.

As an avid trophy hunter completionist, I avoided stars like the plague. The idea of being forced to play a game I may otherwise have zero interest in, a game that may have glitched trophies or trophies that are too tedious/time consuming/difficult in order to obtain some ps stars trinket is instantly Dead-On-Arrival. Add to that the time sensitive nature of how they handled the stars rewards, that ‘get it now or you’ll miss your chance and it’s done forever’—it’s highly distasteful.

Full game on disc or GTFO

That’s some devious wording from Bethesda in the above post. “…7x faster to 3 million players” tells nothing about actual sales figures or dollar amount recouped.

Just keep Hamaguchi away from it. Dude’s a cancer to the trophy hunting experience. Utterly ruined the list for the original FF7R, publicly apologized for it, never fixed the list with a patch, promptly butchered FF7Rebirth’s trophy list too. Keep that guy away from 9Remake

I’ve tried multiple times over the years to play Witcher 3, but can’t make it past the atrocious combat and walk/run cycle. From the few hours I’ve put in during each attempt, everything else seems incredible. Systems, exploration, level design, visuals, sound design, atmosphere etc etc etc are all S tier, but oh dear god the combat is repetitive slop. The exact same generic attack animation every single time is truly awful. I may have to seriously look into whether there’s a mod for the pc version that makes combat palatable, because the N64 era combat is a complete no go for me. Even Elder Scrolls has more instanced movesets and variety, and the melee combat in those games is also trash.

Not sure what the pc crowd isn’t liking, but the only reason I didn’t gladly give iD my $70 is because there’s nothing on the physical disc to actually own. I don’t throw money away renting digital bytes of data, I BUY-TO-OWN

When they correct their mistake and put the full game on disc (mint two if that’s what it takes), then I’ll buy.

This one’s such a waste. When they first showed the initial teaser for Avowed (that arrow flying down into the chasm, followed by the purple rune magic and sword) it looked freaking awesome.

Then we got what we got.

A hideously repugnant, garish visual aesthetic inspired by those ugly kids’ art supplies made by Lisa Frank in the ‘90’s. And that’s just the graphical downfall, not even mentioning the lifeless locales (NPC’s literally stand rooted in place waiting for you to talk to them), generic level design and other shortcomings. As far as I’m concerned, they can keep Avowed. Less clutter in the PSN store.

I can’t vote, this poll doesn’t have enough options.

Where is the poll selection for

•When they put the entire game on disc without any ‘internet download required’ BS so I can OWN IT IN PERPETUITY I will buy it. I don’t throw money away on things I won’t own”?

I like how the blue is at the rear of the car, and the green is up front. If memory serves, the engine in this Lamborghini is in the back. So blue is doing the work, while the flashy green is what people see first but it doesn’t really contribute anything 😄

‘Pay us to own nothing, knowing we can remove or change your experience at our discretion and there’s nothing you can do about it.’

All I hear is ‘Please pirate our game’

If the person making these anti consumer decisions were in my rpg party and a boss just hit us with poison, I would refuse to use ‘cure all’. I’d use ‘cure all but that guy’.

Yet another reason digital rentals are inferior to permanent physical ownership. Not that Expedition 33’s devs are doing anything particularly nefarious here, but in those instances when other, lesser devs do decide to ruin something in a game it becomes an impossibility for them when we own physical copies (in games not dangling at the end of the ‘always online’ gallows, that is).

Physical ownership is for the liberated; digital rentals are for the subservient ‘step on me, corporate overlords’ masses.

Great to hear, but Gears means nothing to me. Where is the Oblivion Remastered physical disc?

As a game, performance issues notwithstanding, it’s fantastic.

As far as content delivery is concerned, get this rented digital slop out of my face and give me something I can OWN in perpetuity. I want the game on-disc (mint two if that’s what it takes) and no ‘internet download required’ labels infecting the box art. I crave the security of knowing no matter how badly any future patch may or may not butcher the experience (either content or performance changes) I have something no company can alter or take away. That’s the beauty and the power of physical media.

Would have loved to pick up the collector’s edition off PS Direct, but someone decided to remove the physical disc version of the game in favor of a digital code.

Collector’s and enthusiasts are the ones interested in the boxed special editions, and we want a hard copy. The Everyman raised on madden and Fortnite might indeed try Ghost of Yotei, but he isn’t shelling out for an expensive special edition off ps direct. My question is, with the removal of the actual disc coveted by the hardcore collector, Who is this actually for?

I wish E3 were still a thing; I’d like to hear stories of ardent fans taking their Ethernet cables and a sharpie to have the Sucker Punch dev team sign their copy of Ghost of Yotei.

Glad to see sackboy get tossed in the trash.

I have trophy hunter friends whose trophy lists are permanently screwed because of how Sony and MediaMolecule handled the LBP2 hack situation. Instead of fixing it, they simply shut the online servers down along with the possibility of anyone still needing the platinum to be able to obtain it. No patch, no Auto Unlock, nothing.

And that’s not to mention MM’s anti consumer decision to force players into buying expensive peripherals like a Vita and the PS Move in order to be able to obtain trophies for the lacklustre DLC’s.

No, I can’t say I’m sad to see Sackboy go. In fact, point me in the direction of his tombstone so I can kick it over.

PHYSICAL DISC VERSION WITH THE ENTIRE GAME ON DISC (MINT TWO IF NECESSARY)

There are legions of PlayStation fans who prefer the security ownership of physical media provides. We have not sat with open mouths like baby birds ready to choke down whatever vomit the platform holder is regurgitating regarding the ‘benefits’ and ‘ease’ of digital rentals. We have no desire to flush money down the drain leasing digital keys; we buy-to-own.

Give us a hard copy, a tangible thing we can put on our shelves and look at now and again to remind us of this great game.

I would have bought this in a second, had they put the consumer first and actually put the full base game on the disc (or minted two, if that’s what it takes). Since they didn’t, I didn’t waste the money on this false grail.

They chose…poorly.

I can’t vote. I don’t see the poll option for

•’I would absolutely love to be playing Oblivion Remastered right now, but I refuse to flush money down the drain leasing digital games. When they release the full game on disc without any internet download required, I’ll be more than happy to buy it.’

Physical copy, full base game on disc, or no buy. I don’t flush money down the toilet leasing digital, I buy-to-own.

The full game better be ON DISC with none of this lazy, self serving, anti consumer ‘internet download required’ garbage.

I can’t vote. Where is the ‘When they put the entire game on the disc(s) and I rightfully own in full what I paid for in perpetuity, then I’ll play it’ option?

“Better than nothing, right?”

No, this is worse than nothing.

Finishing up Alan Wake 2. What a fantastic game so far, very pleased with it. My only gripe is Saga’s horrific, god awful voice acting. She slurs her lines, leaves off word endings, can’t decide whether she wants to do a British or American English accent, or simply mispronounces words. It is the worst voice acting I have ever heard, essentially on par with “Oh hi Mark!” and “You’re tearing me apart!”. I honestly don’t know how they listened to this woman for more than 10 seconds after she opened her mouth at the audition. It is un-freaking-believable how awful her voice acting is; I cannot overstate it.

Anyway, I have zero issues with the rest of the game in its entirety, it’s been nothing but an epic tour de force of great gameplay, witty writing, eerie atmosphere, mind blowing graphics and a terrifying soundscape. I highly recommend it; just be sure to enable captions so you can mute the game whenever Saga opens her face hole.

I wonder if the same people who cry about a PSN log in have tear stained faces when they’re forced to sign in to battle.net or Bethesda.net or any of the myriad of other launchers/services? Or is it just because it’s PlayStation and it’s trendy to hate them at the moment 🤔

It’ll be a shame when these god tier developers from the golden age of gaming eventually retire or pass on and all we’re left with are the ones catering to the Minecraft/fortnite/CoD slobbering masses. May I go long before that bleak and worthless future happens.

Will wait for a mod that patches out Chadley (or lets you kill him). Worst part of both games. Boring, repetitive, tedious trash. Swill for lesser beings who enjoy wave survival/boss rush mode slop.

Doom looks cool, but I won’t pay money for a game where the developers force multiplayer trophies into the main list. I have zero interest in the mp and don’t want my trophy experience penalized for something I won’t play. Campaigns and multiplayer elements in games should always have separate trophy lists. I’ll wait for it to come to ps+ and try it free on my alt rather than conrribute toward their gamer unfriendly decisions.

Love the Bioshocks, even the 2nd. If any games need a graphical remaster though, it’s these. The character models are a joke, the textures are flat and simplistic, animation quality is extremely poor etc. Don’t get me wrong; the artistic direction is Best in Class. Second to none really, particularly the first game. But man oh man the games do not hold up visually. And yes that includes the “Remastered” versions we did get. The games need a complete graphical overhaul a la Bluepoint’s work on SotC or DS. Then they’d be perfect. Fingers crossed Judas looks visually appealing.

No interest whatsoever. It suffers from the exact same issues plaguing the Trophy system. Once you interact with that PS stars thing on the app, It can never be undone. I refuse to be shanghaied into playing a game I would never otherwise touch just to earn a few stars points. Oh, and those trophies you’d unlock in said game? You can’t erase them from your account once they’re unlocked. So you’re stuck forever with either an incomplete game or you’re forced into finishing it for the 100% platinum you rightfully deserve. Nope.

Limited time quests and little tchotchkes for your little ps stars shelf? So if I miss them, I can never obtain them any other way? Nope, piss poor design right there. Can’t ever disable or permanently erase your stars collection? Nope, trash design.

Knowing how horrendously bad the trophy situation is, I would not be surprised if Sony didn’t even let you rearrange or alphabetize your stars collectibles.

No sir, PS Stars is poison and I want no part of it.

Introduce a new law: You cannot buy tea unless you show a proof of purchase for a disc or cartridge game. Problem solved.

I’ve had nothing but problems when using rest mode since I got my PS5 on launch day. I thought it bricked itself multiple times, and this would occur immediatelg after using rest mode. Eventually it wasn’t worth the hassle of holding the power button to enter Rebuilding Database mode and I was leery of losing saves and such, so I only ever turn the system off completely now. Never had this issue with any other console before.